This week, hosts Teffer Adjemian (@tefferbear) and Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) rant about the cultural and political importance of the olive! We get into the stuffed olives of Ascoli Piceno and the glorious Kalamata, with a side dish of anger at the state of the world.
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This week, hosts Teffer Adjemian (@tefferbear) and Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) talk about gooey, starchy, delicious risotto! From its bizarre connection to Milan’s Duomo to a fabulous use for leftovers, risotto has something for everyone!
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This week, hosts Teffer Adjemian (@tefferbear) and Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) try to stump each other with trivia questions from the Food & Drink Ultimate Foodie Quiz card game!
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This week, hosts Teffer Adjemian (@tefferbear) and Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) explore the origins behind the names of 8 of the most frequently searched foods! Why do French-Canadians call shepherd’s pie “Pate Chinois” and how did Baloney end up getting called that if it’s *not* from Bologna?
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This week, hosts Teffer Adjemian (@tefferbear) and Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) talk about The Three Sisters: Corn, Beans, and Squash! Why do these three plants work so well together? What significance do they hold in mythology, history, and agriculture?
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This week, host Teffer Adjemian (@tefferbear) and special guest James Hawes (@turrethousepressmtl) talk about Juzo Itami’s 1985 Japanese ‘Ramen Western’ Tampopo and all of its delicious, campy meanderings!
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This week, hosts Teffer Adjemian (@tefferbear) and Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) follow the tomato on a journey from Mexico to Italy and beyond, learning about how this weird fruit became a beloved icon of Italian cuisine and how its American cousins became flavourless styrofoam husks of their former selves, and share some of our favorite ways to make them delicious!
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This week, hosts Teffer Adjemian (@tefferbear) and Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) dig into the history of Savory Pies! What do the Tudors, French-Canadians settlers, and Sweeney Todd have in common? When did pies go from functional to flavourful? Why don’t we eat pigeons anymore?
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This week, hosts Teffer Adjemian (@tefferbear) and Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) give you a 101 lesson in taking care of cast-iron cookware! What is ‘seasoning’ and why is it so important? How can you make perfect bread in a dutch oven? What’s the best way to make a grilled cheese sandwich or pressed panini on a stovetop? And, how can cooking with cast-iron help folks with anemia?
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Lick your fingers, folks. It’s time.
This week, hosts Teffer Adjemian (@tefferbear) and Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) talk about the latest collaboration between Kentucky Fried Chicken and Kraft Dinner! We also get into the history of both brands in Canada and some of our favorite ways of eating boxed mac and cheese!
Disclaimer: we were given free food as an incentive to produce this episode. And it was GREAT!
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